3996 West 31st Avenue, Revised

When I published the blog in May 2013 about the demolition of this house, one block away from me, I did not have a proper photo of the house. A Dunbar resident came to the rescue and supplied two photos, the first taken February 2012 and the second taken on April Fools Day in 2013. He also let me know that the house was built in 1941, not 1948. He had taken the photos because he thought it was a "cute house". There were a few houses of this style built in the Dunbar area. This one (3996 West 31st Avenue) was torn down on May 22, 2013. A half block away at 4064 West 31st Avenue stood a similar one but with red trim and a different roof line; it was torn down on July 18, 2011.

Three in Three Days

It has been a busy couple of days for the excavators near where I live. On May 22, this garage and house came down.  I was chagrined to find out that I did not have a photo of the front of the house; it is just 1 block away and I walked by it so often. The house was built in 1948 on this narrow corner lot bordering Crown Street. If you wish to see the front of this cute and well-cared for house, there is an image from August 2011 on Google Streetview, 3996 West 31st Avenue.

Three blocks north on Crown Street sat this house that had undergone a raising and a renovation. It was on a 50 foot lot and was torn down the next day, May 23.  This wintery photo is from February 29, 2012, and the following photo shows the house's last springtime.  4492 Crown Street.

 

About one block away, at 4078 West 28th Avenue sat this house, one of the typical 1950's bungalows that are fast disappearing.  This was torn down May 24 or 25. I did a blog in March 2011 about this block of West 28th, where 5 houses got sold in quick succession. This is the third one of those to be torn down.